The Manual of "Us"
The Manual of "Us"
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Download Tom Day’s Manual of Us to align your team before a project begins. Define roles, objectives, values, ways of working, and success criteria to improve collaboration, build trust, and prevent conflict in high-performing teams.
The Manual of Us is a team planning canvas designed to create alignment before work begins. Instead of assuming everyone shares the same expectations, it guides teams through the conversations that matter most:
- Purpose;
- Objectives;
- Roles;
- Deliverables;
- Ways of working;
- Values;
- Strengths;
- Risks;
- Time commitments; and
- What success looks like.
By completing the canvas together, every team member contributes to a shared understanding of how the project will operate. The result is greater clarity, stronger collaboration, and fewer misunderstandings. It’s a practical framework for building high-performing teams and preventing conflict before it has a chance to develop.